Contrary to what students might like to think, when they multi-task in class on non-academic activities, their test scores go down. And that’s true for even the smartest students. Those are the initial results of a $439,000 study by a Michigan State University research project that was reported on in the September 2014 issue of Computers & Education.”

I still advocate for technology in the classroom BUT why not enrich the learning experience by providing lecture recordings for review and/or preview to course content?

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Thanks for the informative post. It sounds intuitive but always helpful to have a scientific experiment to prove it. I think flipping classroom will be ideal in this situation to force students become an active learner in the class. There is no front row or back row in a flipped classroom.